Cigar-lighter



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CHARLES FREDERICK LABSEN, F GHICAGO, ILLINOIS..

' CIGAR-LIGHTER.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application led November 2, 1918. Serial No. 260,833.

To all 'whom t may concern Be "it known that I, CHARLES F REDERIGKLAnsEN, a citizen of the United States residin at Chicago, in the countyof (look and .tate of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulCigar-Lighter, of which the following is a specication.

'lhe device forming the subject matter of this application is a lighteradapted to be carried in the pocket for the purpose of igniting cigarsand adapted to be used in other ways under circumstances which call forthe rapid production of a flame. The invention aims to provide a simpledevice, wherein, by the removal 'of-a cap from a casing, a striker willeoact with a pyrophoric element. It is within the province of thedisclosure to improve generally and to 'enhance the .utility of, devicesofy that kind to which the invention appertains. But one form of theinvention is shown as an illustration, but, of course, a mechanic,within the scope ofthe skill which he might be expected to possess maywork changes in the particular form sh View of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

ln the vdrawings:Fig'ure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. i

v'llhe numeral 1 marks a tubular casin having a circumscribing stop bead2.

cap .3 is mounted on the open end of the,

casing 1 and carries a longitudinally dispose-d trough-shaped holder 4,wherein isI secured a correspondingly elongated` pyrophoric element 5.4A striker 6 forms a part of the invention and, preferably, consists of aspring tongue extended longitudinally of the casing 1, one end of thestriker being secured at 11 to the casing, the striker being oset as at12, and terminating in an inwardly projecting fingeri7, located beyondthe open end of the casing and sharpened .to present an ed e 8 which isressed yieldingly against t e pyrophoric element 5,.

since the striker 6 is resilient. It is to be the outer or workin faceof the pyrophoric Y element 5. The fue -holding means may be of anydesired sort, but a wick 9 in. the casing 1, having a receiving recess10 in its own, within the purmounted on the casing outer end, willanswer the pur ose. A.

liquid fuel is employed and gaso ene may l be used to advantage.

When the cap 3 is pulled oif the casing 1v by a right-line movement, theedge 8 of the striker 6 coperates-with the pyrophoric element 5 andproduces a spark which ignites the fuel carried by the wick 9. Since thepyrophoric element 5 and the striker 6 arelocated, respectively, on theoutsidev of the cap 3 and the casing 1, the pyrophoric yelement and thestriker are shielded from the fuel and will not be soiled thereby, itbeing difficult or impossible to produce a spark, if the parts alludedto aresoiledwith fuel. Because the n er 7 of thestriker -bearsyieldingly against the pyrophoric element 5, the striker aids in holdingthe cap 3 on the casing 1. The stop bead 2 limits the sliding movementof the'cap 3 upon the casing l, and, consequently,the nger 7 alwaysrests on the outer` surface of the pyrophoric element 5 and does notsnap down on the end of the pyrophoric element when the cap is inplace.Therefore, it is never necessary to prize out the striker6, before thecap 3 can be pulled oil' Athe casing 1. Since the side walls of theholder l project as at 14, slightl beyond the outer surfaceof the pyroporic ,element 5 the finger 6 will not slip 0E the pyrophoric element,should a slight rotary com onent enter into the movement which pro ucesa withdrawal of the cap 3 from the casing 1. The thumb or nger of the`operator may be'pressed against the striker 6, so'as to increase` thepressure with which the finger 7 bears against the pyrophoric element 5.This operation may be resorted to at any time, but, ordinarily, theresiliency of the striker 6 will be suiiicient to produce a spark whenthe finger 7 co er ates with the pyrophoric element. ow

ever, should the striker 6 lose some of its resiliency, 'then' the factthat the striker mag be thumb-pressed, is of importance.

avmg thus described the invention,

what is'claimed is A pocket li hter comprising` as coper-. casing and acap ating parts, a el-holdin Y fg r right-line sli ing movement and freeyseparable from the casing, one 'of said coperating parts being'provided with a pyrophoric element, and the moved from the casing,

Q mesme other'of `said coperating parts bein pro the is rethe lighter.being characterized by the fact that the pyrophoric element and thestriker are located vided with a striker coacting wit pyrophoric elementwhen the cap on the outside of the respective parts yvhereby' they arecarried, the strikerbeing 1n the form of a resilient member bearing uponthe pyrophoric element to aid in hold- 10 in the cap on the casing.

testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflxed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses. A

CHARLES FREDERICK LARSEN. Witnesses:

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A. C. COOKE.

